Privacy

Data Breach Notification

North Sydney Council is required to comply with the mandatory data breach notification provisions of NSW and Commonwealth law.

Council has an obligation to:

  • immediately make all reasonable efforts to contain a data breach
  • undertake an assessment where there are reasonable grounds to suspect there may have been an eligible data breach
  • during the assessment period, make all reasonable attempts to mitigate the harm done by the suspected breach
  • decide whether a breach is an eligible data breach or there are reasonable grounds to believe the breach is an eligible data breach
  • notify regulators
  • comply with other data management requirements

North Sydney Council Data Breach Policy

This policy outlines North Sydney Council’s response to data breaches.

Council's Data Breach Policy can be found on the policies webpage.

North Sydney Council Public Notification

A public notification is provided when it is not reasonably practicable to notify any or all of the individuals affected by the breach directly.

A list of all public notifications made by North Sydney Council can be found below. North Sydney Council will retain the notifications for a period of twelve months.

Links to Public Notifications

There are no public notifications at this time.